Senior Platform Engineer (Databricks)

INSPYR; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology-focused consulting firm is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer (Databricks) to enhance and maintain its data platform. The role requires strong Python/PySpark skills, along with experience in data ingestion and cloud services. This position is remote within the US and offers an annual base salary of $140-160K. Ideal candidates will have a solid understanding of data lakes and warehousing, and will work collaboratively across teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in a data engineering role with coding expertise.
• Knowledge of streaming and batch-based data sources.
• Ability to ensure data quality and integrity.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to data platform performance and reliability.
• Design and build onboarding and automation capabilities.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data platform issues.

Skills

Strong Python/PySpark coding skills

Understanding of Data Lakes and Data Warehouses

Experience with version control systems like Git

Hands-on experience with cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Experience with data ingestion and design

Agile development methodologies

Tools

Databricks

Airflow

Git

Job description

Overview

Senior Platform Engineer (Databricks) - Direct-Hire/FTE - Remote (US)

Title: Senior Platform Engineer (Databricks)

Location: Remote (US)

Duration: Direct-Hire/FTE

Compensation: $140-160K Annual Base Salary

Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

The Role

THE ROLE

This is a hands-on Senior Platform Engineer (Databricks) role that will require strong Python/PySpark coding skills. This is NOT a ETL/ELT development role.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the enhancements and continuous improvement of performance and reliability of the existing Data Platform Services to meet the requirements from Data Engineering/Product team
• Design and build self servicing onboarding and automation capabilities in Core Data Platform services in a scalable, reliable and secure way.
• Design and build platform capabilities to support onboarding and operation effectiveness
• Design and develop scalable data platform and integration solutions for various data sources leveraging Databricks Unified Platform
• Ensure data quality and integrity across all data systems.
• Ensure data security and compliance with relevant regulations.
• Implement best practices for data management and governance.
• Develop and maintain documentation for data systems and processes.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data platform issues.
• Participate in on-call rotations/Pagerduty for data platform support.

Technical Skills/Competencies

• Good understanding of Data Lakes, Data Warehouses is MUST to have
• Software development, coding expertise in the Data engineering field using any of the Python/PySpark is MUST to have
• Hands on experience using version control systems such as Git and CI/CD workflows and practice
• Design and Develop data ingestion services that are highly performant, reliable and scalable
• Decent expertise using ANSI SQL and Spark SQL is key to have
• Workflow automation, orchestration using Airflow or equivalent tools stack
• Hands on working knowledge on at least in one of these : Databricks, Hadoop and related stacks
• Working experience in at least one cloud service from AWS, Google GCP or Microsoft Azure, preferably AWS
• Streaming (Kafka) and batch based data sources
• Diverse data sources and data formats (xml, json, yaml, parquet, avro, delta) and respective use cases
• Any visualization experience is an advantage
• An excellent understanding of the nuances that add complexities around time zones, geo, various data formats, data types across different storage systems
• Agile development methodologies using the Atlassian suite: Jira, Confluence
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver data solutions and provide technical support and guidance to team members.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest data engineering technologies and trends.

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